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Scattered radiation grid of a CT detector

US9583228B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Mario Eichenseer · Pinzberg, DE
Andreas Freund · Heroldsbach, DE
Stefan Wirth · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 2013
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG21K1/025
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A scattered radiation grid of a CT detector is disclosed and includes a plurality of detector elements arranged in multiple cells in the phi direction and in the z direction of a CT system, having a plurality of free passage channels arranged to correspond to the detector elements, and walls fully enclosing the free passage channels at the longitudinal sides thereof. According to an embodiment of the invention, the walls of the scattered radiation grid are produced using a 3D screen-printing method.

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